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  1. “There is a need to mainstream gender in early-warning systems, peacebuilding and conflict- resolution processes and recovery and reconstruction programmes including disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration. Secondly, there is a need to implement interventions that enhance women’s economic empowerment as a means to increase their bargaining power in domestic settings and promote self-reliance as a way of promoting peace in the home.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  2. “The specific protection needs for women in such displacement situations will require strengthened support from the international community. Uganda maintains a generous open-door policy towards refugees and asylum seekers, making it the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and among the top three hosting countries in the world. Furthermore, working in partnership with State and non-State actors, the Government has put in place a number of measures to ensure that gender provisions in peace agreements are addressed at the national, regional and international levels. In conclusion, we wish to make the following recommendations.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  3. “Uganda is party to a number of regional and international instruments relevant to the women and peace and security agenda, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the African Union’s Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region’s Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region and the Protocol on the Prevention and Suppression of Sexual Violence against Women and Children, among others. The displacement of people due to armed conflict, terrorism and food insecurity, among other things, disrupts lives and livelihoods. Uganda is currently hosting 1.5 million refugees, the majority of whom are women and children from neighbouring countries.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  4. “During the two decades of war waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda, women at the grass-roots level in the local areas of Acholi, Lango and Teso risked their lives and worked hard to convince the mothers and wives of LRA combatants to persuade their sons and husbands to end the insurgency. Subsequently, through the Uganda Women’s Peace Coalition, women played a central role in the peace process, which ended two decades of a brutal war. Their contribution to post-conflict transformation, through the Women’s Task Force for a Gender Responsive Peace, Recovery and Development Plan for Northern Uganda, was crucial in rebuilding normalcy, ensuring peace and promoting development.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  5. “Uganda has made significant strides not only in supporting the advancement of the women and peace and security agenda, but also in promoting women’s full participation in governance, stability and development. The number of women in the Cabinet increased from 28 in 2016 to 35 in 2021, including by filling the positions of Vice-President, Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers out of three. Critical ministries, such as education, health and energy and lands, are led by women. Women are also well represented in the judiciary, business, academia and the diplomatic service. That has put Ugandan women at the centre of ensuring peace and security, as well as tangibly contributing to policy development, planning and the implementation of development processes.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  6. “Uganda’s third action plan is one of the first in the world to address women and peace and security issues related to climate change and outbreaks of diseases and pandemics, such as Ebola and the coronavirus disease. The overall goal of the plan is to promote sustained peace and security through the enhanced meaningful participation of women in peace and development processes. The plan has four outcome areas, namely, preventing all forms of violence, promoting the meaningful participation of women in leadership and governance at all levels, strengthening the capacity of women to mitigate and prevent natural and human- made disasters and strengthening the institutional and coordination mechanisms of the women and peace and security agenda at all levels.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source

  7. “Uganda congratulates the Republic of Mozambique on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting on the eve of International Women’s Day. We also thank the briefers for briefing us on progress. I assure members of Uganda’s full support. Women, peace and security and development are inextricably linked. Uganda remains committed to the implementation of the women and peace and security agenda, as enshrined in resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent resolutions. The Government of Uganda launched its third national action plan on women and peace and security in March 2021, for the period 2021 to 2025.”

    2023-03-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9276Resumption1 (2023) · source